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ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 22 days ago

Frog with eyes in its mouth

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Frog with eyes in its mouth

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 22 days ago
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Snopes says it’s “Mostly true” in that they don’t know the origins of the color photo but the black and white one is authentic: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frog-eyes-inside-mouth/

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          Love this one lol

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        This is what I opened the thread for.

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    Well that’s one way to watch what you eat.

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    That seems… inconvenient.

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    Quoting the article:

    Most anurans retract and close their eyes repeatedly during swallowing. Eye retraction may aid swallowing by helping to push food back toward the esophagus.

    That’s about normal frogs, not the mutated ones. They use their eye balls to push food down their throats.

    What. the. fuck. What a terrible day to be literate.

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      My God. If wind hits my eyes it hurts. Can’t imagine them hitting against a steak. And the jarring effect on vision. Why? Why do this?

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        OP tried to clarify but seems didn’t clarify enough: that’s talking about normal frogs with normal eyes, they use the back side of the eyes to push down food, presumably it doesn’t feel any worse for them than you poking the side of your eye through the eyelid.

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    this would make an interesting sequel. I Have No Eyes and I must scream

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    Why did I have to see this right before bed

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    They’re not even symmetrical, I don’t even know whether to send this to my wife to make her laugh, or send it to my wife to freak her out

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    They must keep their mouths open more than normal frogs just so they can see. Poor creatures.

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    That’s actually great. Now it can watch what it eats.

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